Lawine

Avalanche: Maybird Gulch

Quino GonzalezSalt Lake
Auf der Karte ansehen

Quick report

Slope Angle
32°

Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

The avalanche happened a few seconds before I took the picture. The east facing slope was being rapidly wind loaded upwards. We saw a second avalanche on the same slope some 10 minutes later.